“Mad World” was originally written on acoustic guitar when Orzabal was 19 after being inspired to write a new wave song in the vein of Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film”. After a few false starts with Orzabal on vocals, he suggested Smith sing it and “suddenly it sounded fabulous”.[7]...
Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand has suggested that the solution to the crisis may be a Finnish model, which is a 'housing first' approach that aims to give everyone a home.
Downvote the shit out of me, but explain how this works in the above case where one (let’s even expand it a bit and say) nation chooses to do this, and everyone homeless around the world with the means to make the journey, decides to head down there and enter the country by whatever means? We’re not talking about a taxpayer base, just a whole ton of people that want homes, and of course some small subset of those people that want free homes. People seems to scoff at the “it’s a complex problem” thing because they don’t think of the solution to homelessness within the confines of reality.
Housing is a right, not an investment vehicle. The entire industry from building, selling, buying and renting needs a reset. Short term rentals need their own zoning type at a minimum, residential zoning should remain residential. There are some really papers out of McGill and university of Uppsala on financialization of housing and it’s effect on affordability. There is so much shit to do on this topic and everyone is stuck at bleeting “build more homes” on the internet.
Finland had to close their borders recently due to a migrant influx, which they have since opened. Wonder where they’ll live, and who will pay for it, what services will the funding be redirected from, and what magical insta-build housing they’ll live in (it takes 18 months to build a 20+ unit complex after a quick Google).
My response was to Quebec city, expanded to “how could a nation even manage this from start to finish, nevermind a city”. I like this sarcastic attack on my person, though. This is precisely why I didn’t engage. If one says anything but “homelessness bad, housing good”, the internet megaminds come out and try to apply their critical thinking skills. I like your use of “we” here as well.
YouTube, censor disnformation. The climate isn’t politics. If you’re a platform that amplifies climate disinformation, you should stop that for the good of every other plant and animal. Where your fascist statement came from I have no idea. Young humans are highly impressionable and gullible, setting guardrails on the amount of bullshit they’re permitted to access while their brain is forming isn’t fascism.
Uh, yeah I’m gonna say this list can absolutely go into the garbage. Calling Denmark first is pure comedy due to the insane cost of co-working spaces, Denmark being the second worst country to integrate into after Sweden, insane rental deposits and the unreal taxes. (Researcher tax scheme excluded 😉)
I’ve been playing the newish Wolfenstein games on mine and they run so incredibly well. I haven’t played a campaign game before this since Death Stranding.
Season 1 was such absolute dog shit. The orbital defense flowers, “JL” etc… but yeah, S3 feels like Kurtzman got kicked in the sack and someone else made Picard. I recommend watching S3 and forgetting the other two were ever made.
Also in S1 Jean Luc Picard picked a bar fight. The person that had his dick dragged through a mile of broken glass getting killed by a Nossican over and over in a bar fight, went to pick a bar fight. What was that show?
People foam out of the mouth here any time someone says “someone that’s not a cop made a bad decision”.
The cops abuse their power plenty, but if you’re running from the cops in your pickup with your kid in the car, you chose violence here. Blaming solely the cops here is idiotic and implies that the driver of the pickup has no agency.
SD cards finally expected to hit 4TB in 2025 (arstechnica.com)
"Men are bad at picking up on women's hints." What are your actual thoughts on this sentiment?
Either through memes or comments I keep seeing this sentiment pop-up from time to time. And I’m wondering what your (yes, you) consensus is on it....
Finally, an answer! (lemmy.world)
(I know this is about Rifftrax, but we don’t have a Rifftrax community.)
Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says (www.businessinsider.com)
I'm REALLY well read and I have a hard time finding new books to read. I need an audiobook for train ride->plane flight->bus ride tomorrow. Please halp!
I have read a TON of contemporary SciFi authors. I really enjoy...
Tears For Fears - Mad World (1982) (yewtu.be)
“Mad World” was originally written on acoustic guitar when Orzabal was 19 after being inspired to write a new wave song in the vein of Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film”. After a few false starts with Orzabal on vocals, he suggested Smith sing it and “suddenly it sounded fabulous”.[7]...
Finland’s successful approach to ending homelessness catches eye of Quebec City (globalnews.ca)
Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand has suggested that the solution to the crisis may be a Finnish model, which is a 'housing first' approach that aims to give everyone a home.
Climate denialists find new ways to monetize disinformation on YouTube (arstechnica.com)
Third of UK teenagers believe climate change exaggerated, report shows (www.theguardian.com)
Europe has been named as the best continent for digital nomads (www.timeout.com)
Betavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargers (mobilesyrup.com)
I wish it need not have happened in my time. (startrek.website)
(TRUTH) New year and reflection time for past 6 months
New year. Reflection time....
TrekMovie.com: Patrick Stewart Reveals New Star Trek Movie Script Featuring Jean-Luc Picard Is In The Works (trekmovie.com)
Over broken taillight, Texas cops chase pickup into wreck; 6 people hospitalized including a 3-year-old (1ft.io)
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/12/31/16-year-old-driver-charged-after-leading-police-on-chase-sending-6-people-to-the-hospital-including-a-3-year-old/...
Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?
Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?...
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 22/12/2023
Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!...